Michael McAleer

Motoring Editor, Innovation Editor and Assistant Business Editor at Irish Times

https://t.co/qXfHpTdJtd editor and Irish Times motoring editor. Opinions expressed are my own, though many are also stolen wholesale from much smarter people

Articles

'Ambitious’ software engineers admit €3,500 Ikea theft spree

1 week ago | breakingnews.ie | Michael McAleer

Three “ambitious” software engineers have pleaded guilty to stealing more than €3,500 worth of goods during a series of thefts from Ikea in Dublin. Monnisha Nimma, 27, Ms Sai Radhika Kavuri, 32, and 34-year-old Sri Ravikiran Garimella, each with an address at Station Walk, Newbridge, Co Kildare, pleaded guilty on Friday to stealing from the furniture chain’s Ballymun outlet on three dates in January.
Court upholds order over couple's eviction from home after appeal fails

1 week ago | breakingnews.ie | Michael McAleer

The Court of Appeal has upheld that a serving Garda and his wife leave a house in Co Cavan they were occupying after their bid to remain there failed. The court had been told that businesswoman Sylvia Fox bought two houses in March last year at a housing estate after the developer, who was also the landlord, went bust.
Man accused of murdering mother said deceased 'went a bit mad'

1 week ago | breakingnews.ie | Michael McAleer

A bookkeeper accused of murdering his mother told his then-wife that before her death, the deceased "went a bit mad", struck herself with a knife, swung her cane around and tried to pick a fight with him, a murder trial has heard. Nigel Canavan (39) told his wife that he went upstairs, but when he heard two "thuds", he returned and found his mother, Angela Canavan (58), dead on the floor.
Examiner appointed to Workman's Club, part of former Press Up group

1 week ago | breakingnews.ie | Michael McAleer

The High Court has appointed an interim examiner to Workman’s Club Ltd, part of the former Press Up hospitality and entertainment group founded by Patrick McKillen junior and Matthew Ryan. Ms Justice Eileen Roberts appointed Declan McDonald of PwC Ireland as interim examiner on foot of a petition for court protection on behalf of the company by Kelley Smith SC, instructed by Gavin Simons, partner in AMOSS solicitors.
Man cleared of sexually assaulting daughter wins challenge to taxi licence refusal

1 week ago | breakingnews.ie | Michael McAleer

A man who was cleared of sexually assaulting his 19-year-old daughter has won a High Court challenge to a refusal to grant him a licence to drive a taxi. The man's trial for alleged sexual assault heard that he and his daughter lived together, the parents having separated. They were out visiting a sister and a neighbour on Christmas Eve when they had some drinks before returning home and going to bed.
Man tells court alleged rape by farmer was like 'barbed wire hell'

1 week ago | breakingnews.ie | Michael McAleer

A man who has claimed he was raped twice by a married male farmer, said the alleged rapes were like being raped with “barbed wire”. “It was like hell, like something burning you,” the man told the accused’s trial being held at the Central Criminal Court, sitting in Limerick. The complainant claimed he was anally raped by the accused on January 6th, 2011, and, on April 8th, 2019. None of the parties involved in the proceedings can be identified for legal reasons.
'I felt so dirty, he took everything from me': Man accuses married farmer of rape

2 weeks ago | breakingnews.ie | Michael McAleer

A man who has accused a married farmer of raping him in his home after a night out, was also allegedly raped by a male relative and another man when he was a child, a court heard. The complainant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told gardaí he was tied up and injected with animal hormones before being raped by his now deceased relative, heard the Central Criminal Court sitting in Limerick.
Mazda CX-80 review: Style to spare, but substance still lagging

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Michael McAleer

Mazda makes great-looking cars. It used to make great powertrains as well. But then it tried to re-engineer the combustion engine while the rest of the motoring world focused on electric. That’s a sweeping generalisation of the Japanese firm’s activity over the past decade, but it’s the perception, and frustration, felt by admirers of the brand. Mazda’s design language has set the brand on a solid footing for nearly two decades.
Laois tattoo artist who sexually assaulted two women and teen girl jailed

2 weeks ago | breakingnews.ie | Michael McAleer

A former tattoo and piercing parlour owner has been jailed for eight years for the separate sexual assaults of two women and a teenage girl while they were clients of his business. Paul Kelleher (61) of Esker Gate, Mountmellick, Co. Laois was convicted of three counts of sexual assault following a trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court earlier this year. His offending took place at Newfaze Ink, in Portlaoise on dates between August and December 2015 and in January 2018.
Boy hit in eye by rebounding golf ball settles case for €55,000

2 weeks ago | breakingnews.ie | Michael McAleer

A young boy who struck a golf ball at a driving range but it rebounded hitting him in the eye has settled a High Court action for €55,000. The boy was only five years of age when the accident happened at a driving range at a local golf club six years ago. His counsel, David Roberts BL, told the court the boy struck a golf ball, but it rebounded onto his face, hitting him in the right eye.